Shinsaibashi
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Shinsaibashi (心斎橋) is a district of Osaka, Japan known as the city's main shopping center, located north of Namba. Amerika-mura is an American-themed area of Shinsaibashi, and is a center of Osaka's youth culture. Large and small stores are common in Amerika-mura and along the parallel streets Mido-suji (a major through street with larger stores and a major subway line) and Shinsaibashi-suji (a mostly mall-style covered street in Shinsaibashi).
Several boutiques concentrates on the north side of Shinsaibashi using old bank offices. Various visitors came to Shinsaibashi in this way.
[edit] Establishments around Shinsaibashi
- Daimaru
- Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Arcade
- OPA
- Sogo
- Tokyu Hands
- Apple Store
- Crysta Nagahori: an underground shopping mall, 81,765 square meters.
- Loft
- Coach
- Dior
- Chanel
- Cartier
- Versace
- Armani
- Fendi
- Givenchy
- Yves Saint-Laurent
- Dunhill
- Louis Vuitton
- Gucci
- BVLGARI
- Samantha Thavasa
[edit] Osaka Municipal Subway Stations
- Shinsaibashi Station (心斎橋駅)
- Midosuji Line(M19, 御堂筋線)
- Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line(N15, 長堀鶴見緑地線)
- Yotsubashi Line Yotsubashi Station(Y14, 四つ橋線四ツ橋駅)
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Osaka City Tourism official Shinsaibashi page (map)
- Official website for Shinsaibashisuji Shopping Center
- See also: List of upscale shopping districts
